ANKARA. – Swiss Ambassador to Turkey was called to Turkish MFA and demanded explanations in connection to the Swiss actions towards Turkish Minister for European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis.

Turkish MFA’s Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu, having called the Ambassador, stated that Turkish Government considers inadmissible Swiss Prosecutor’s Office actions, Turkish media reports.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am has earlier informed, the Prosecutor’s Office of Swiss Canton of Zurich launched an inquiry against Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis. The proceedings were launched after Bagis’ had stated in Zurich, while returning from the World Economic Forum in Davos, that there was no Armenian Genocide.

Proceedings were launched on the Swiss Criminal Code, the Swiss prosecutor Christine Braunschweig claimed, Turkish Anadolu Agency reports, adding the topic is a serious one and she will find out if the Turkish Minister had denied the Genocide or not. 

To note, Bagis stated in Zurich that he can claim there was no Armenian Genocide even in a state which criminalizes denial of the genocides.

“I claim the 1915 events were not Genocide. Let they come and arrest me. The law does not function,” Bagis said.